Hobie Surfboards
Dominating boardmaking company from the late 1950s to the early '70s, founded by surfer and ocean sports industrialist Hobie Alter, and headquartered in Dana Point, California. Alter started building and selling balsa boards out of his parents' Laguna Beach garage in 1950. Three years later, his father bought him a small plot of land on Pacific Coast Highway in nearby Dana Point, a town with only ...
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Hobie Alter, 1964. Photo: LeRoy GrannisSubscribe to view
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Phil Edwards on his Hobie Surfboards signature model, Pipeline, 1965Subscribe to view
Hobie Surfboards, Pacific Coast Highway, Dana Point, 1956Subscribe to view
1969 Hobie Surfboards mini-gun. Photo: Caprice NicholSubscribe to view
Hobie Surfboards teamrider Joyce Hoffman, Santa Cruz. Photo: LeRoy GrannisSubscribe to view
Hobie Alter, 1964. Photo: LeRoy Grannis
Hobie Surfboards logo
Phil Edwards on his Hobie Surfboards signature model, Pipeline, 1965
Hobie Surfboards, Pacific Coast Highway, Dana Point, 1956
1969 Hobie Surfboards mini-gun. Photo: Caprice Nichol
Hobie Surfboards teamrider Joyce Hoffman, Santa Cruz. Photo: LeRoy Grannis